What is up with Brad Pitt?

[Anonymous]

That Anniston thread inspired this one. I recall Brad being described as a corn-fed country boy who was a serial monogamist and was a sweetheart.

He apparently proposed to Gwyneth Paltrow when they were dating and she still gushes about what a wonderful and sweet boyfriend he was.

He then apparently settled down with Jennifer Anniston in wedded bliss. Then it turned out he cheated on her with Angie.

He seemed to have found wedded bliss again as he fell into family building with Jolie and had lots of babies.

In a few years he became a drunkard who abuses his wife and kids.

How can a sweet nice guy end up a trainwreck?

[Anonymous]

Pothead.

[Anonymous]

Don't believe all the celebtity gossip.

[Anonymous]

I’ve read some gossipy things about his early years in Hollywood - he lived with an older man known to “help” young men get their start.

[Anonymous]

Brad Pitt has no actual self, just becomes his characters or his girlfriends.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Brad Pitt has no actual self, just becomes his characters or his girlfriends.

Seems like low self esteem.

[Anonymous]

People want things to be so deep. He WAS a corn fed country boy.

I think he sought out girls like the ones back home at first, sunny and blonde like Gwenyth and Jennifer. Married Jen because it seemed perfect but it wasn't, and I think she doesn't want children. Which is no knock on her but if she wanted one she'd have one by now. And he clearly did want children. I think this was already an issue in their marriage when he met AJ.

AJ, whatever you think about her, clearly values having children and wanted to be a mother. He met her, she was doing this thing he wanted to do with JA but that was causing friction (building a family), she was smoking hot and they had electric chemistry and so that happened.

Then he was with her for a decade having kids and building a family. And for many MANY people having young children is difficult and stressful. They also made that movie about a couple having problems and I thought that was a bad idea. Acting is emotional, acting like you hate your spouse is just asking for trouble. They should have made another movie about wanting to have sex everywhere. The story of, 'person has a bunch of kids and has some marital disarray' is a story as old as time.

It sounds like he's gotten it under control in the aftermath. And now he's one of those guys who drank too much and got divorce and has iffy relationships with his kids. I'm sure you could find plenty of similar albeit more budget stories in his home town in OK.

[Anonymous]

He is an ACTOR.

[Anonymous]

Seems to me he is just a corn-fed boy who isn't very deep or very self-aware. The thing is -- if you are ridiculously hot, as Brad was in his early years, you don't have to do anything to attract women or people in general. They just fall in your lap and fawn all over you. If one doesn't work out, then another pretty one comes around soon to take her place. Wheee! Life is easy.

Then you get older and you are an old guy with kids. Kids can definitely be difficult as they grow older and they don't care how hot their dad was in his younger years. You have developed no relationship skills over the years. Life is hard.

[Anonymous]

I'm starting to think he's a f#ckboy...

[Anonymous]

Life with Angelina Jolie turned him dark, clearly. He was a self admitted pothead with Jennifer Aniston. Life with Jolie was probably quite intense between the frequency she vibrates at, and having six kids together in how many years, traveling like they did with no home base? Angelina Jolie makes Gwyneth Paltrow seem mellow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm starting to think he's a f#ckboy...

I'd hit it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seems to me he is just a corn-fed boy who isn't very deep or very self-aware. The thing is -- if you are ridiculously hot, as Brad was in his early years, you don't have to do anything to attract women or people in general. They just fall in your lap and fawn all over you. If one doesn't work out, then another pretty one comes around soon to take her place. Wheee! Life is easy.

Then you get older and you are an old guy with kids. Kids can definitely be difficult as they grow older and they don't care how hot their dad was in his younger years. You have developed no relationship skills over the years. Life is hard.

I agree he's never had to work very hard (maybe with the exception of Plan B?) at much of anything. Makes sense not much in the way of relationship skills plus Jolie was a poor choice of a mate. Red flags EVERYWHERE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems to me he is just a corn-fed boy who isn't very deep or very self-aware. The thing is -- if you are ridiculously hot, as Brad was in his early years, you don't have to do anything to attract women or people in general. They just fall in your lap and fawn all over you. If one doesn't work out, then another pretty one comes around soon to take her place. Wheee! Life is easy.

Then you get older and you are an old guy with kids. Kids can definitely be difficult as they grow older and they don't care how hot their dad was in his younger years. You have developed no relationship skills over the years. Life is hard.

I agree he's never had to work very hard (maybe with the exception of Plan B?) at much of anything. Makes sense not much in the way of relationship skills plus Jolie was a poor choice of a mate. Red flags EVERYWHERE.

I said Aniston needs to stop going for actors, well Pitt needs to stop going for actresses!

[Anonymous]

Jen didn’t want kids. She wanted to advance her career by doing films and endorsements.

Brad wanted kids. That was Angie’s appeal. Plus, Angie was deep and dedicated to charity. Jen does charity, but isn’t very involved.

I don’t think Jen milked the failed relationship to boost her career. I do think her team curated a victim narrative that included the baby/is she pregnant/is she struggling with fertility issues that kept her on the cover of magazines.